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Louis Licata has shelved plans to hire three more employees for his Cleveland law firm. Jeannie Macone, of Florida, is cutting back on inventory for her trinket and home décor business. In Ohio, Patrick Allen has slashed employee travel and begun paying cash for work dinners with clients of the marketing firm that he started from scratch. Read More

Facebook's new Business Solutions provides valuable social media tools. Watch as Sage goes over some of the tools that Facebook provides for businesses. Read More

In college, and grad school, I mostly hung with a crowd in which everybody shared the same interests, hobbies and field of study. I know that a lot of college faculties are beginning to move towards a more interdisciplinary approach, because it more accurately reflects what students can expect their post-school life to be like. College professors t Read More

Many people who read this blog have caught one of our post in our series titled: “Rules for Entrepreneurs”. It is located here at http://blog.networksolutions.com/category/rules-for-entrepreneurs-series/ and has been extremely well received. However with the launch of Grow Smart Business, we have found it is better for the series to continue on ov Read More

A confident writer knows when to breathe As writers, the idea of 'breathing space' is likely to mean something different to each of us. For me, breathing space is something we must give ourselves when we become too close, too attached to our writing for it to go any further. Read More

Escapist fluff should make a big comeback this summer. In a world of bad economic news, who wants to read about business? Odd as it may sound, however, now is an especially good time to pick up business books. A delicate economy and stiff competition beg you to hone your skills, not ignore them. The list below represents a healthy mix of topics, w Read More

Control destroys relationships. Control blinds you to opportunities. Control shuts down your inner voice. Control is driven by your ego's need to serve itself. Control is an illusion you cling to primarily to alleviate your fears. Great leaders give up the need to control, come to terms with their own egos, and dedicate themselves to helping oth Read More

Word of mouth is basically an expressed recommendation from a customer. For example, let's say you went to a new restaurant and thought the food, service and atmosphere were all amazing. Then today you were on the phone with your sister and started talking about the great time you had at this new restaurant and how you highly recommended it. That Read More

Last week's announcement was terse and to-the-point. Advanta's Board of Directors, expecting a continuation of the recession as well as the further erosion of the company's capital, approved a plan to “dramatically limit the Company's credit loss exposure and maximize its capital and its liquidity measures.” Read More

"Unlike the ironic sentiment often expressed when quoting (or, as in this case, vitiating) Shakespeare's Richard III, I am not suggesting that attention is unimportant. I am, however, suggesting that businesses obsession with attention is misplaced, at best. And the fact that major industries have evolved to feed this obsession, simply adds to Read More